JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Dr.K.P.Satheesan, the learned Senior Counsel appearing for the appellant/writ petitioner. Also heard Sri.Aravindakumar Babu, the learned Senior Government Pleader representing the respondents 1 and 2.

2. This Appeal is filed by the writ petitioner to challenge the judgment dated 6.6.2019 whereby, the challenge to jurisdiction of the State Police Complaints Authority in proceeding against the writ petitioner was rejected with the observation that the State Police Complaints Authority acted within jurisdiction under Section 110(1)(ii) of the Kerala Police Act, 2011 in entertaining the complaint of Sri.P.B.Maheswaran (respondent No.3).

3. The writ petitioner had questioned the jurisdiction of the State Police Complaints Authority with the projection that he is an officer below the rank of Superintendent of Police and since the State Authority is vested with powers to entertain/adjudicate complaints against higher ranked officers of and above the rank of Superintendent of Police, the cognizance of the complaint against him was beyond the jurisdiction of the State Police Complaints Authority.

4. The complaint by the third respondent, in substance, was that the writ petit